2022: The Launch of the First Bosch Fuel Cell System

Authors

Dr.-Ing. T. Wintrich, Dr.-Ing. A. Klonczynski, Dr. rer. nat. A. Moritz, Dipl.-Ing. C. Uhr, Dr. rer. nat. P. Wolfangel, Dipl.-Ing. K. Weeber, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart; C. Liao MSc, Bosch Powertrain Systems Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China:

Year

2022

Print Info

Production/Publication ÖVK

Summary

The decarbonization of mobility requires a switch to renewable energy sources e.g., solar, wind, hydropower and biomass. Green electricity and electrolytically produced hydrogen are thus the basis for carbon-dioxide-free electric drives. Electric vehicles with hydrogen-based fuel cells (fuel cell electric vehicle-FCEV) combine the advantages of high endurance and short refilling times, comparable to the technologies known today. Fuel cell technology has already found its way to the worldwide market in passenger car applications and will achieve a breakthrough in the commercial vehicle segment. Bosch scenarios show their share of the commercial vehicle market increasing up to 15% in 2030. The fuel cell is particularly suitable for applications in which short refueling times of a few minutes and ranges over 400 km with one tank are advantageous.

This paper explains the contribution of Bosch on its way to attractive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) cases in a wide range of commercial vehicle applications. The keys to this are the use of the Bosch engineering and industrialization expertise in the field of powertrain, electric drive and fuel cell technologies, combined with digitalization. Prerequisite is the holistic system know-how, which offers the possibility to define and design the entire system in terms of optimal cost, lifetime and efficiency. With the stack as its heart, all balance-of-plant (BoP) components through to the complete fuel cell power module (FCPM), Bosch offers a broad portfolio from component level up to the entire system, including software functionality and connectivity for a wide range of customer requirements. Currently several prototypes are already running in Europe and USA, while a pilot fleet of 70 vehicles equipped with the Bosch FCPM is on t e streets around Chongqing/China. The launch of series production is scheduled for 2022.

ISBN

1920-2323-23-1

Number of pages

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